“It was a strange feeling when you see the others making their final attempt and
there’s nothing you can do. " ...Sebastian Vettel

There weren't a lot of bets which stood out as instantly appealing, but I've picked out a few, so here are my post-qualifying predictions for the Singapore Grand Prix...

Shorter Priced Bets:

Podium Finish:10 points on Fernando Alonso at 2.75 (Paddy Power)
Alonso
has a decent record here, winning in 2008* and 2010 and finishing on
the podium at all but one of the five previous Singapore Grand Prix. He
also came from 9th and 5th on the grid to finish 2nd at each of the
previous two Grand Prix of 2013, so starting from 7th doesn't
necessarily rule him out of another podium. It's trickier to overtake
at Singapore than at Spa and Monza obviously, but strategy can come into play, and
the safety car has been deployed at least once at every Singapore Grand
Prix, so pitstop timing could be key.

* Admittedly thanks to a little help from 'Crashgate'.

Total Classified Finishers:10 points on Over 17.5 at 2.1 (William Hill)This season has seen a comparitively low attrition rate and the previous six Grand
Prix have seen SkyBet's 'Total Classified Finishers - Over/Under' market produce a winning 'Over' result every time. I'm going for that trend to continue but given the tendencey for Singapore to produce more retirements than other races, I'm therefore going to play it cagey and go instead with WIlliam Hill who set the dividing line at 17.5 classified finishers as opposed to SkyBet's 18.5 classified finishers.

Lap 1 Retirements:10 points on 'Lap 1 Retirements - None' at 1.65 (Bwin)
This
bet let me down at Monza so I'm going to go a little more cautious with
my stake this time. However, in general this season we've seen a trend
for safe driving on the opening lap, and the five previous Singapore
Grand Prix have seen only one lap 1 retirement, so once again I'm going
to go for a small punt on a clean first lap.

Taking A Risk/Longer Priced Bets:

Top Six Finish:10 points on Kimi Raikkonen at 3.0 (Paddy Power)
I'm
gambling on Kimi's fitness with this bet as it will depend on Raikkonen recovering from his back problems sufficiently to drive at closer to his
maximum. However, when you consider that Romain Grosjean qualified
only two tenths of a second behind Vettel's pole lap, there certainly
looks to be sufficient speed in the Lotus for Raikkonen to potentially improve
considerably upon his grid position.

Points Finish:10 points on Paul di Resta at 2.88 (Coral, William Hill, Stan James)
Paul
di Resta had a disappointing qualifying session but seems to think that
Force India have much better pace over long runs, with low tyre
degradation. Singapore can be a tricky circuit to overtake at though,
so Paul may need to get his race strategy right if this is going to be a
winning bet.